Theresa May - citizens

"Only the ‘selfish’ and ‘greedy’ would want to oust President for serving his citizens." ~Theresa May,Prime Minister of Great Britain, March24, 2017 from AlJazeera Channel

Edmund Clowney - Trials

“Trials should not surprise us, or cause us to doubt God’s faithfulness. God sends trials to strengthen our trust in Him.” ~Edmund Clowney

Francis Euston Acero Quotes

"If you want the President to succeed, be critical. The person who points out shortcomings is more valuable to a leader than one who sings nothing but praise." ~Francis Euston Acero, March 25, 2017

"If your leader won't take criticism, or openly admit official wrongdoing, he isn't leading you. He's only pleasuring himself." ~Francis Euston Acero, March 25, 2017

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Mike Acebedo Lopez Quotes

"Politics is too small when compared to everyday Filipinos who have larger than life dreams." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017

"Those that remind us of the indomitable will of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, that make you believe in people, that make you hope for our country and our world." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017

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Chichi Villacorta Quotes

"Don't confuse ignorance with wonder. 'People used to perform the rain dance during drought.' That -- must've been filled with wonder." ~Chichi Villacorta

"If a foreign power plans to invade or intervene, there is no shortage of excuses." ~Chichi Villacorta (extracted from "WHY WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT WE SAY)

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Pericles Quotes

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." ~Pericles, 430 B.C.

"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it." ~Pericles

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Solace from Oneness Happens Here

"Take in the stillness and the peace, and realise that it is holy. It is for you to feel the solace of your Creator's presence." ~from Oneness Happens Here

Carolyn Kenmore - learn

"If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches." ~Carolyn Kenmore

Katie Holmes Quotes

On Parenting

"My child is the most important person to me, and her upbringing is paramount to my work right now. It's very important that I'm present and she has a stable, innocent childhood." ~Katie Holmes

"There's nothing in the world better than watching your child succeed.” ~Katie Holmes

Source: Over Sixty

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Paula Defensor Knack Quotes

"Only a Filipino can bring peace to the Philippines." ~Paula Defensor Knack from MY LEGAL OPINION ON THE THREAT OF AN ICC CASE : REASONS WHY THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT WORRY. (final version Mar. 19, 2017, 12:07pm)

"The most accomplished people do not care about degrees honoris causa." ~Paula Defensor Knack (April 2017)

"The right to free speech does not cover accusations before the rest of the world without concrete evidence of each incident." ~Paula Defensor Knack

"You are like cry babies looking for a nanny from people who dont know your country and dont know your culture." ~Paula Defensor Knack from MY LEGAL OPINION ON THE THREAT OF AN ICC CASE : REASONS WHY THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT WORRY. (final version Mar. 19, 2017, 12:07pm)

"You cannot win the battle without the right weapon." ~Paula Defensor Knack

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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago Quotes

"At the end of the day, it’s more important to live a happy life than to chase society’s idea of success. Success looks different for everyone, and sometimes, just finding peace and joy in your own life is the greatest success of all." ~Miriam Defensor Santiago

"Be critical, vocal, and involved in the political process. We are a democratic country and it is our duty to keep our government in check." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

“Death is only a state of thermodynamic equilibrium!” ~Miriam Defensor Santiago

"Education is a powerful constraint against narrow parochialism and a gateway to ideas that can change communities." - Miriam Defensor Santiago

"God, preserve this country, and begin with me." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

"I have no illusions about myself, about my life, about leaving a legacy, or making a mark in people's lives. We are so insignificant. We are only here for a blink." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

"It is more important to have a happy life than a so called successful life, because success can be defined in so many ways. Just being happy is a success in itself." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, former Elected Judge in the International Criminal Court, a former Senator of the Philippines, author of more than 30 books, a wife, and a mother; 5 November 2017

"Martial Law is an experience that many of us are familiar with, but it takes a lot of egoism to declare Martial Law. So I hope we'll never have it unless the ruler or the leader is very narcissistic. Martial Law is just an expression of a frustrated soul." - Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, April 2016

"There is only one person whom I know who have no records of corruption and that is Digong." ~Late Sen. Miriam Santiago on PRRD

“Those who like me, raise your hand. Those who don't, raise your standards."  

~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

"We have no sense of shared destiny." ~Late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago

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Lance Morrow - optical illusion

"Gravitas is deep moral seriousness. It is weight and consequence. Weight is not enough, impact surely is an element. Gravitas cannot be an optical illusion." ~Lance Morrow, Time Magazine

George Bancroft Quotes

"Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul." ~George Bancroft

“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.” ~George Bancroft

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John Boyle O'Reilly - Be true

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend." ~John Boyle O'Reilly

Karen Wright - mind

"An undirected mind worries, doubts, fears, and imagines the worst." ~Karen Wright

Joyce Herrera-Wong - Filipino spirit

"The Filipino spirit is like no other – the more we struggle from one turmoil and calamity to the next, the more resilient we become and we still manage to smile. We have an unwavering faith in God, we are creative, talented and optimistic. And for me, being a Filipino means that I have to support my country by respecting the voice of the people." ~Joyce Herrera-Wong on Greed and Narcissism, FB

Aristophanes Quotes

"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers." ~Aristophanes (450-388BC)

"Hunger knows no friend but its feeder." ~Aristophanes

"Youth ages,   immaturity is outgrown,  ignorance can be educated, ans drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. " ~Aristophanes 

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Rolaiza Mimi Singayao Quotes

2017 is like a pancake.
Soggy and raw in the middle,
burnt on the sides,
topped with honey."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao
December 30, 2017

"A nation who honors its teachers shall nurture a generation who values respect to fellow men and love of country." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Arrogance, lies and deceit will never win people over. Duterte works,cares and is straightforward with us." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, 18 September 2017

"Federalism for is meaningful self-governance. It's not a magic tablet, not a cure-all. We need to toil hard and shape up." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"I am in a journey with my fellow countrymen under Duterte's leadership to rid our country of corruption, criminality and address the devastating consequences of the Philippines being almost a narco state." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayap, on her Open letter to European Parliament: 'You disrespected our will as a sovereign people'

"I carry with me a guilt. And unshed tears. That men in uniform died to keep my city safe."~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"I dread the coming of summer.
For its smell of gunpowder, blood, ash and decay.
And records of humiliation, betrayals, grief and folly."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"I honor my wrinkles. They are treasure maps, witnesses and companions to battles won and lost. I wear each with love and defiance." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"I pulled out and wrung you to dry.
To lie beside the blade.
By daylight, I keep you back, my heart.
To be healer, lover and fighter."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"In my angry desperation, I found out that gentleness balms the mind and body. And getting up to wage battles has become a dance." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Kulay kahel. Simbolo ng taunang paghalik at pag-idlip ng mga dahon sa dibdib ng lupa. Tanda ng pag-lisan at pag-uwi sa Sinta." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Maanyag ka labaw sa katahum sa kabuntagon." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Marawi in my mind had spectacular rains
that thundered, rolled, caressed and choked.
It blinded, soaked, froze and thawed.
The best rains are soft, warm,
hanging on pine trees. Like fireflies.
I kept all our rains in a jar.
To peek at. To hug on. To cling to.
Allow us more rains with you."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"May we find the courage to be steadfast against injustice.' ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, May 17, 2018

"Message to the World: The Philippines is a sovereign nation. We deal with our fate. We are NOT anyone else's slaves." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, October 13, 2017

"She battled to conduct the storm,
lightning and rain.
And lay spent, her feet digging
into the cold mud.
Exquisite torture and bliss."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"She stopped on her tracts.
Uncannily knowing.
Her bones knew the ring of disaster.
She's certain of the death.
As foretold."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Silence is balm, friend and armored knight.
An unlettered prose, an unsung lullaby.
An unforgivable tormoil set free in sands."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"The life of a cat is gorgeously placid despite occassional upheavals." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"The most crippling of all the brutal forces is our apathy to the ails of our nation and the hate to the one man the majority had chosen to lead this country." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, November 29, 2017

"They seek out each other.
As adversaries with past disasters.
Facing off after a clean war.
The wolf moon smirks."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Today,
I meet by the door
Betrayal.
Lead it into the parlor.
Stared it down until
it turned into a dark ash.
Its malodorous presence
lingered. Like death."
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"We are a sovereign state. Filipinos are a free People. WE ARE NOT UNDER THE DICTATE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"We grace each season with our hilarious madness and colorful grief. Then, we leave unannounced." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"We need to find courage and speak against the evils in our communities. Even if they are friends, family or half of ourselves." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, September 25, 2017

"Within us, a flower and fruit garden thrives and blooms." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

"Words appear, float , glide and sit firmly. Refusing to be moved." ~Rolaiza Miami Singayao in her prosaic poetic mode, 9 January 2018

"You disrespected our will as a sovereign people." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao on her Open letter to European Parliament, March 17, 2017

"You trample on our rights and turn the re-count into a mockery. Don't say ouch when we get back at you. ReresbakKami." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, on Leni Robredo cheating (BBM Election Protest)

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VERSES

FINDING OUT

Shifting through debris, 

Gains far outweighs losses.

Broken and soiled.
We all thrive.

Ever so gentle.

It is a balm.

Finding out.

~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

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"I shall humbly wrap your words
around my head and chest.
To protect me from my ego.
To guard my heart
from the evil of pride.
To inspire me."
~‪Rolaiza Mimi Singayao‬

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MISSED IT, IN ONE MINUTE

Some days it hit so badly.
One wills the thick fog
to visit and envelope
what remains.
In tatters.
One calls out for the lashing rains
to bathe the melancholia.
In quarters.
One rolls gently
to evenly apply the warmth of earth
on sun-baked skin.
In sections.
In soiled tatters,
in shy quarters,
in dark sections.
She came and was led away.
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao

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RIVERS

Kept suspended between words.

She bleeds.

Kept hostaged between letters.
She grasps.

Torn and kept.
She flows.

Both in Agus River* and
in the River of Pouyade.
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*The Agus River flows from Marawi City into Lanao del Norte. 
The New Bridge is one of the bridges heavily fought with in the Marawi siege and is almost over where the end of Lake Lanao meets the beginning of Agus River.
~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao
October 11, 2017

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SHE

It was in a fit
of jealousy
that She,
the world
cast
a curse
for us mortals
not to give
wholly
of ourselves.

The curse spells
that our pleasures
not be everlasting.

And "stay"
is the doomed goodbye
after a quick
toothpaste kiss.

Listen.
We don't cling
but pack our wounded
eloquence.

With flowers.

By Rolaiza Mimi Singayao
February 12, 2018
Source: FB

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"She sits motionless in silence
while travelers roam and become storytellers.
She sews words
and a tapestry of parallel tales and woes."
~‪Rolaiza Mimi Singayao‬,
The Witch of Jahlut - On coming back Home.

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WHEN I AM FREE

She said to remember:
blissful silence, exquisite longings,
pastel colors, tea;
muted courage, fierce growls,
colorful misadventures, gentle snores;
soft rains, fog, uneven earth
and long walks in the dark;
welcomed disorder, undisciplined thoughts,
hilarious humiliations,
mischievous undying love;
and the endless demands to go unannounced
and arrange her own death.

~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao


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ATTRIBUTED QUOTES

"I speak for the children of the world who don't even have a piece of bread. I speak for sick who don't have medicine." ~Fidel Castro, United Nations, 1979

"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." ~Mark Twain

"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the NEW EVIDENCE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief." ~Frantz Kanon, Psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and writer from the French Colony of Martinique

"The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion and no wit." ~Ibn Sina

"Those feet are not yet steady on the ground of truth." ~Dante Alighiere, Canto III, Paradiso

"Tonight I can write the saddest lines." ~Pablo Neruda

"True strength often calls for the ability to sustain the tension without flight or fight." ~Herb Cohen

"Victory is changing the hearts of your opponents by gentleness and kindness." -An Nasir Salahuddin, Al-Ayyubi (1137-1193)

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Andrea Mason - great reward

"Over the years, I have learned that talent alone does not guarantee success, sometimes you have to work hard and put in a mighty effort to receive a great reward." ~Andrea Mason, Indigenous Leader, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIAN of the YEAR 2017

Blaire Ejercito - For the Motherland

"The fight for the Motherland is bigger and more important than us . We cannot let this slip out of our hands. ..., "the enemy is powerful." So powerful and it is attacking the president on all fronts. He needs us more than ever. He is old, tired and almost losing hope. I can see it in his eyes . We can do this. We made it happen last May election (2016), we can certainly push this and complete the victory..................For the Motherland................ For the future of our children." ~Blaire Ejercito, FB

Julie Bishop Quotes

"I think (that is) the challenge facing governments around the world, that while globalization and economic integration, economic competition, have undoubted benefits, more people need to share in those benefits." ~Julie Bishop on her recent visit to the Philippines, March 17-18, 2017

"I think (that) President Duterte was responding to the concerns of the people of the Philippines, and the lesson for politicians around the world is to tap into the concerns, particularly of those who feel left behind by globalization, those who have been affected by the disruption of technologies, and those who fear change." ~Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister of Australia

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Barthold Georg Niebuhr - on creative

“It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life” ~Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Ray Kroc - persistence

"Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence." ~Ray Kroc

Donald Riggs - success

"The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do." ~Donald Riggs

Richard Wright Quotes

"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." ~Richard Wright

"Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books." ~Richard Wright

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